DUCATI XEROX TEAM RIDERS CONFIRMED FOR THE 2009 SUPERBIKE SEASON
Bologna (Italy) Tuesday 14 October: The Ducati Xerox Team has made a
decision with regard to the 2009 season of competition in the World
Superbike Championship. In recent weeks Ducati Corse has reached an
agreement with Noriyuki Haga who will join the Ducati Xerox Team in
2009. The thirty-three year old Japanese rider from Nagoya will be
team-mate to the Italian rider Michel Fabrizio who will remain with the
team for a second consecutive season.
"I am very proud to be able to welcome Noriyuki", commented Davide
Tardozzi, Ducati Corse's Superbike Team Manager. "We are convinced he
is one of the strongest and best loved of the Superbike riders, a
talented and courageous man. He is a rider that has proved that he
never gives up, in the true spirit of Ducati, and is a rider with the
credentials to fill the place that Troy Bayliss vacates. Haga will, for
the first time, ride a factory Ducati, and I am certain that he will
win over the Ducatisti fans and bring great satisfaction. We are very
proud to have him in next year's squad together with Michel. They are
two fantastic riders and we will do everything to ensure that they can
achieve the great results that everyone hopes are possible." |